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Noun Concept
Categories: Skin anatomy, Nervous tissue cells
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Merkel cell  Merckel's cells  Merkel's cells  Merkel-Ranvier cell  Merkel-Ranvier cells
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Merkel cells, also known as Merkel-Ranvier cells or tactile epithelial cells, are oval-shaped mechanoreceptors essential for light touch sensation and found in the skin of vertebrates. Wikipedia
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Merkel cells, also known as Merkel-Ranvier cells or tactile epithelial cells, are oval-shaped mechanoreceptors essential for light touch sensation and found in the skin of vertebrates. Wikipedia
type of cutaneous mechanoreceptor cel Wikidata
IS A
cell type
cutaneous mechanoreceptor
NAMED AFTER
Friedrich Sigmund Merkel
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Merkel cell
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Merkel cell
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Merckel's cells, Merkel's cells, Merkel-Ranvier cell, Merkel-Ranvier cells, Merkel cells, Merkels cell
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Merkel cells

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